AI – Imagination, Vision, Goals, and Thinking – how will these be incorporated in AI? Without a doubt, these core elements are the cornerstone for forming and making key decisions in business, professional, and personal lives which places the power of the mind as THE most important tool for achieving progress in whichever field of operation.
Film interview with Katherine Oberlin-Brown – (nee Prumm) on her thoughts of racing Women’s Motocross World Cup and winning the Titles in 2006 and 2007. Filming of interview in 2016 by MXLink and Motion Video.
Starting with Imagination and Vision. As ideas circulate from wanting to achieve a goal, to forming a plan of action, to implementing steps to make it happen, imagining what, how, and why such a vision can become a reality prompts follow through within each individual’s mind. Neither read from a blue-print documenting #1 write goal #2 access funds #3 achieve results nor activated by data analysis which states this experience has not been done before or there is no information available on the outcome – instead strength of mind embraces the passion to find a way to make progress – no matter what obstacles appear along the way.
Such was the case with New Zealand’s Katherine Oberlin-Brown (nee Prumm) who at 16 years of age set her sights on racing Europe’s Women Motocross World Cup in 2005. The far-reaching goal was an incredibly brave decision given no kiwi female MX rider had raced against the best women in the world, nor measured their training and bike performance based so far away in NZ. Nether deterred or doubtful that she would achieve her target, Katherine remained unrelenting in her determination to match the speed, skill, and mental agility of her competitors, training for hours and hours each week at the gym, on the cycle and bike and racing against NZ’s best male rider’s in the country’s Motocross Nationals.
Film interview with Kiara Fontanesi in 2017 at her home in Parma and at Ottobiano MX Track. Filming: James Bennell and MXLink Article: https://mxlink.co.nz/kiara-fontanesi-world-motocross-women-champion-in-person/
As Imagination and Vision plant the seeds of ambition, Goals and Thinking consolidate thought processes into plans to achieve tangible results. For Katherine, defining areas of training which would improve physical fitness, bike performance, along with selection of races to compete in locked incremental progress of short and long term goals. Adjustments in training and race schedules on review improved further development of skills – based on Katherine’s performance – not on one programme fits all.
These principles of thought and action have been the foundation of success for Italian Women’s Motocross World Champion 6x – Kiara Fontanesi. The goal to win has been the ultimate driving force in all thinking from competing in her first WMX Championship in 2009 to the present day finishing P2 overall in WMX 2025. Kiara’s innate sense of what is most important to her – balancing family and two daughters with her racing career – acts as a beacon for aspiring athletes around the world. No AI programme could equal, match, replicate, or generate such ideals which reside in the heart, mind, and soul of Kiara and like minded individual’s.
Header photo: Katherine Oberlin-Brown winning Women’s Motocross World Cup in 2007. Image: MXGP.
Words: Sharon Cox.
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